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Cobar - 1898 (Roll: 3,045) Labor Party gain from National Federal Nominations: Monday, 18 July 1898 Candidate Party Votes Votes % Machattie, Richard Randolph Ind Federalist 339 21.86 O'Halloran, Michael Conlan National Federal 396 25.53 Spence, William Guthrie (Elected) Labor Party 777 50.10 Wood, Samuel Rupert Independent 39 2.51 Formal Votes 1,551 Informal Votes 31 1.96 Total Votes / Turnout 1,582 51.95 Notes: Sitting MP Thomas Waddell contested Cowra. O'Halloran was the selected National Federal candidate while other lists indicated that Machattie was also a Federalist. Source: Year Book of Australia (1899) p.336, repeated in Hughes and Graham (1975). Incomplete results published in SMH 28 July 1898, p.7